To my great
joy and surprise my exhibition last week was a huge success. Over 600 people
walked in.

In the town
was also an arts and crafts market and a jazz festival. And I was right in
between it all.

Hearing
what people said about my work the majority never saw textile art before. I
heard nice and enthusiastic comments. My ego went sky high ;). Next Sunday some
people will come back so I am curious what it will bring.

Last few days where
perfect for dyeing and printing. Everything I hung outside was dry in a minute.
Even the discharge paste was working automatically. I hung it wet in the sun
and an hour later it was beautifully bleached. One half of the fabric was steam
ironed to get a bit more contrast. The other half I left sun bleached.

As promised a
picture of my breakdown printed fabric. I am very satisfied with the result. At
first I wasn’t. I made a mistake with the printing paste and the screens dried
very ugly. But at the end everything was all right. Even when I saw half way
the printing process that I forgot to add soda ash. Dissolved a bit soda ash in
water and sprayed it at the back of the fabric.